Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 159, 9 May 1912 — Page 1

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AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 159. RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. John D.'s New Grandson-Worth $40,000,000 B METHODISTS HAVE RACE PROBLEM UP Question of Appointing Negro Bishops Is Causing a Great Stir. OF VOTES IS QUITE LIGHT RESOLUTION COALFIELDS IS CRITICAL

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Probably Only One-fourth of the Voters of Wayne County Will HaJifi Registered by Tonfgtt

rrwO MORE CHANCES LEFT FOR VOTERS TThose Who Neglected Duty Today Must Wait Until the September or October Registrations. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon approximately only twenty per cent of the voters in this city and a small per cent of the voters in the outlying precincts in Wayne and other townships In the county had registered. It is expected that only twenty-five per cent of the voters in the county will have registered when the polls close this afternoon. It is not known how many registration boards have received petitions to keep open tomorrow, but unless the boards receive such petitions, signed by at least five voters, the first period for registration will close at 6 o'clock this evening, and those voters who have failed to register today will be obliged to wait until September to perform this duty. In case they fail to register in the September or October sessions, they will not be permitted to vote at the fall elections. In the Sixth precinct, which is one of the , largest in the city, but onesixth of the voters had registered up to 3 o'clock today. The total normal vote in the precinct is 245. In the Ninth precinct but 40 out of the 208 voters had registered; In-the .'Fourteenth precinct 34 out of the 205 voters had registered and in the Nineteenth only 46 out of 225 voters had registered. County Auditor Bowman received numerous' inquiries today concerning the . registration. A large , number of . the inquirers declared that they did not understand the law and asked enlightenment upon it. - : The registration in the townships in the county, other than , Wayne, was exceedingly light,' because the farmers refused to leave their work during ouch good weather. Leaders in the three "strongest poli tical parties are extremely anxious to learn the results of first registration, since the passage of the registration law in 1911 by the General assembly. In Wayne county particularly it is believed the interpretation of the law has been given wide publicity. Will J. 1 Robblns, county chairman, has attended numerous conferences with party workers in an effort to find the best method for informing voters Just what action is necessary under the new law. Posters have been placed Jn conspicuous places throughout the cities, towns and villages in the county, and advertisements inserted in the newspapers, still there are many citizens who have the most hazy) knowledge of the new law. REPORTJIJALSTOII '' ''''' ft By Coroner Shows He Was Not Electrocuted. Report of the autopsy performed upon the body of Frank Ralston, who fell dead oh North Fifth street April 15, was filed in the clerk's office at the court house today by Dr. R. J. Pierce, county coroner. In the verdict the coroner says that death was not due to an electric shock, as was first believed, but was caused by hemorrhage of . the brain. The report says that a scalp wound, an inch long and three-fourths of an Inch wide, was found over the left frontal area, which in all probability was caused by the fall.. Ralston suddenly fell to the ground while he was hitching a horse to a guy wire leading from a pole, carrying primary wires of -the City Light plant and secondary wires of the Light, Heat and Power company. It was presumed that the guy wire which he touched was charged and that he had been electrocuted, but this theory is discredited in the coroner's verdict. The verdict on the death of William G. Burr, which occurred May 1, at his home 23S South Ninth street, was also filed today. Death was due to natural causes. THE WEATHER STATE Fair tonight; warmer In . north and central portions. Friday, unsettled and warmer. LOCAL Fair and warmer tonight. Friday unsettled and warmer. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight and Friday. Maximum temperature, 74 at 5 p. m., yesterday. Minimum temperature, 43 at 5 a. m. today. Temperature at 11:30, 60. Barometer, 29.95. Rainfall since yesterday. 0.12 Inch. Direction and velocity ot mind. 2 miles an hour. -

CHARGES OF NOYES ARE JNVESTIGATED House Committee to' Learn if Meat Inspection Law Is Not Enforced.

(National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 9. With Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and Solicitor McCabe in attendance the house committee on expenditures in the department of agriculture today resumed its investigation into the sensational allegations of Rep. Noyes of Wisconsin, that the officials of the agriculture department have wantonly disregarded the strict enforcement of the meat inspection law. Mrs. Caroline B. Crane again took the stand, charging the- packing companies with having frequently ignored the law. At the opening of her testimony Mrs. Crane read from various addresses of Solicitor McCabe, in which he is quoted as protesting against the law meat inspection existing at the present time. PAUL HARRIS CASE TRIED OH MAY 20 Rushville Youth Is Charged With Having Murdered His Mother. (Palladium Special.) RUSHVILLE, Ind., May 9. Paul Harris probably will be tried for the murder of his mother, of which he was accused in a grand jury indictment Tuesday, the last week of this term of court, which begins May 20. Counsel for the defendant will include Watson, Titsworth & Green and B.fcF." Miller, of this city, and Rueben Conner, of Connersville. According to the coroner and the prosecutor the motive for the crime was the desire of young Harris to gain possession of . his . mother's property. Timothy White, the father of Mrs. Minnie Harris, "never forgave L. B. Harris for eloping with his daughter and when he made his will he placed Mrs. Harris' share of his large estate in trust to descend to her blood heirs only, so her husband could come into no part of it. The will provides that in case Mrs. Harris died without blood heirs the property should revert to his other two children or their heirs," Paul Harris is her son, and he is the legal heir to the property. . The Indictment. The indictment against Paul Harris Is in three counts. The first count charges that he killed his mother with a revolver. The second is that he murdered her with a weapon which is unknown to the grand jury. The third is that he set ire to the house and her body, and that she met her death In that manner. ; Paul Harris has always been promi nent here socially. He lived in .Rushville until he was sixteen years old, and has a large number of friends who refuse to believe he killed his mother, no matter how strong the evidence against him may be. Ashland farm. where Mrs. Harris's body was burned. was a popular place for house parties a few years ago. Mrs. Harris pampered her son and frequently gave week-end parties at the beautiful country home for her son's friends. Paul Harris was married a year ago last August to Miss Regina MetteL daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mettel, of Connersville and moved to a farm six miles east of here. They have one child five months old.

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NEW YORK, May. 9. What baptismal name' the newest child - of fortune, just born to Mrs. John D.' Rockefeller, Jr., will be given has not yet been decided upon. The newest heir to the immense wealth-of the Standard Oil King may already be designated as one of the wealthiest young men in the world. According to the best estimate John D. Sr., at the present time is worth $700,000,000. At his death, it is said, his three children will inherit equal shares of this vast sum, with the exception of $100,000,000 which has already been more than half set aside for the so-called Rockefeller Foundation. This leaves the amount for division $600,000,000. John D. Jr.- will thus come Into possession of at least $200,000,000 at the death of his father. And this fortune will in time be equally divided among his five children. (Upper photograph John D. Rockefeller Jr., and one of his children. Lower, old John D. and one of his million dollar grand children.

MEXICO CITY

(National News Association) MEXICO CITY, Mar 9- Thirty-four persona were killed and half of the city of Zapaplan, which is located on the slope of the volcano of Colina, was destroyed by an earthquake last night. Sixteen persons were killed in the town of Cieudad Guzman, and thirteen"' were- seriously injured. Twelve shocks were felt at Guadalajart, while In Courtel more than half a million dollars damage was done, Including the , complete destruction of a large church. ; Following the shocks the volcano became active, throwing out lava, bowlders and sand in its first big eruption since it destroyed the city of Zapatlan in 1806. The local observatory predicts a disastrous earthquake In Mexico City within twelve hours.

VOTE TO ABOLISH COMMERCE COURT Progressive Republicans Give Their gupport to the House Democrats. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 9. The house this afternoon voted to abolish the United States Commerce court. The Vote was 120 to 49. About forty progressive Republicans voted with the Democrats to abolish the court. - The house in committee of the whole today struck out of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill the provision making government clerks over 65 years old ineligible for reappointment. The abandonment of this feature of the bill was agreed to without debate. BOGGS CALLED HOME Richard Boggs,. expert accountant at work at the city building received a telegram this morning announcing the serious illness of his mother at his home at Terre Haute. He left at once for his home. Mrs. Boggs has been- in a precarious condition for some time and her death is expected at any moment.

EXPECTS QUAKE

A BOOSTERS' TRIP FOR MAYJESTIVAL Commercial Club Members to Take an Auto Jaunt on Next Wednesday. The first Boosters' trip to be held this year under the auspices of the Commercial Club will take place next Wednesday, when a large number of Richmond business and professional men will make a trip touching nine towns around this city, the primary purpose being to advertise the May Music Festival. The Boosters will leave this city about 8:30 or 9 o'clock Wednesday morning for Webster. The party will then go to Williamsburg, Economy, Greensfork, Hagerstown, Dublin, Cambridge City, East Germantown and Centerville. It is not known how many machines will be used. The following committees are making the preparations for the trip: Committee on boosters George O. Ballenger and. Will Bailey; Committee on entertainment John F. -Bartel, Charles Igelman and Raymond Mather; Committee on machines A. L Jenkins. s.nd Committee on banners John F. iiaeemeier and J. M- Seaney. .

Dr. Zimmerman Admitted To

day that Resolution Passed, Defeating Doctors, Work of Trustees. DOCTORS WILL NOT CONTINUE CONTEST Majority of Them Angry for the Lack of Consideration Shown Them by Members of Citv Council. It became known today that the res olution passed by council last Monday night, which placed that body on rec ord as being opposed to the appontment of physicians to the board of trustees of the Reid Memorial hospital, was drafted by the members of the board of trustees at the same time they drew up the statement presented to council Monday night, in which it statement they vigorously objected to having the physicians represented on the board. Mayor Zimmerman this morning ad mitted this fact. He said Monday afternoon a member of the board of member of the . . . . ... . n trustees handed him the resolution to get it before the attention of coun cil." The mayor said he readily acquiesed and placed the resolution in his pocket without reading it, and offered it to council without saying anything for or against it. The majority .of the physicians of the city, judging from their replies on being questioned as to their views on council's action Monday night, are highly displeased over the setback to their plan for representation on the board. They believe the Introduction of the proposal and the resolution at the same time without the doctors being notified such an action was to be brought up was unjust. A prominent member of the board of trustees of the Reid Memorial hospital yesterday stated, it is learned from an authoritative source, that, the board of trustees had intended to grant the request made by the hospital Investigating committee that two phy sicians be appointed to the board, until the publication in the Palladium of a news story concerning a resolution passed by the Wayne County Medical Society, which resolution stated that the physicians would support the hospital In every way possible "when the terms of the hospital committee's report were complied with." The inference was drawn in the Palladium's article that such support would not be accorded if the board did not accept the report and place Its provisions into effect. The physicians, it is understood will not make another organized attempt to secure representation on the board. MOTOR TRUCK MADE SPEEDYJUN TODAY In Answering Alarm Goes From Fifth to 18th St. in Vz Minutes. The new auto truck was given its first tryout this morning. At eightthirty, the big machine was drawn up in front of the city building, to take the board of works out for a testing trip on some of the hills when a telephone fire call came in. It was thought the fire was reported at 109 South Eighteenth street and the monster machine was headed for that place. It took just one and a half minutes to make the trip, the truck traveling thlr ty-flve miles an hour up Main street to Eighteenth street. There It was discovered that the fire was at 109 South Thirteenth etreet. but the blaze was extinguished by the occupants of the house before the wagons arrived. Later the truck was taken to the hospital hill which it obligingly climbed at the rate of 20 miles per hour. The big hill in the east part of the Glen, which is a terror to many autolsts, was climbed at a good rate of speed, and as a final test, the light plant hill, the worst in the county, was tried out and the big machine easily sped up it- Sharp turns can easily be taken by the machine, although it is of extreme length. Councilmen were taken out this afternoon for a spin south of the city on the famous Beeler hill. The board of works wants the councilmen to be satisfied with the machine. The board of works is "on the fence about a driver for the new truck. The appointment of some member of the fire department to run the machine is thought best, but the need of an experienced mechanician is also appreciated. The board does not feel justified In removing one fireman to make room for an experienced auto driver. This matter will be decided later, but it is certain that all members of the fire department will be required to know how to run the machine.

(National News Association) MINNEAPOLIS. May 9 Compromise with the colored faction of the demanding the appointment of one or more colored bishops, is proposed in the report submitted today by a commission appointed four years ago by the general conference to consider the problems in the South and the demands of the colored people for an episcopacy. The commission declares that two or more bishops should be chosen from the colored people, but they should rank as missionary bishops and not full bishops, and hare jurisdiction over the territory to which they are assigned. The report is made an order of business for Friday morning and a fight is expected. Of the 819 delegates to the conference 96 are colored. They have been campaigning for support and it is expected that some of the Northern white delegates will

declare for a colored bishop with all the power of a regular bishop. One of the arguments used with great effect against the selection of a colored bishop is the assertion that union with the Methodist Episcopal church of the South would never be possible if a colored bishop were chosen, who might, in his duty, be called upon to preside over white church members. The adoption yesterday of a resolution barring those who use tobacco as officers of the church has caused intense feeling among the delegates, and it was asserted today that the resolution was aimed at four of the publishing agents of the Methodist book concern, and at Robert Forbes, secretary of the board of home missions and a prominent figure in the church. The three agents of the book concern, who are said to use tobacco are Homer Eaton. H. C. Jennings apd E. R. Graham. Eaton and Jennings are ordained ministers. It is said there is a movement on foot to have the econference reverse its action. EMPLOY CONVICTS TO CK FLOORS Drastic Action Taken by Louisiana Half of Sugar Crop Is Now Lost. BUNKIE. La.. May 9. Fifteen hundred convicts are fighting in various parts of this state today. On hundred men left here before men today" for Evergreen plantation, while 150 more were sent to Iberville. The town of Place ville is in the path of the torrent sweeping from the Torras break in the levee and is threatened with destruction. Residents of the town built a protection levee about the town during the night and hope to save a portion of it at least. Practically all the crops in Avoyelles Parish have been destroyed by the flood which Is rushing through the broken and abandoned levees between Long Bridge and Moneauville. FIVE LARGE BREAKS. NEW ORLEANS, La., May 9. With five breaks in the levees along the Mississippi river and its tributaries in the last 24 hours the flood situation today was more serious than it has been at any time since the waters be gan rising. Fourteen hundred feet of levee has been swept out in the last 24 hours at Torras. widening the crevasse to 3,000 feet. This will inundate West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes and' add greatly to the flood damage in Point Coupee. Two breaks occurred at Moreauville and one near Long Bridge in Bayou Des Glases levees. These crevasses will flood the most populous sec tion of Avoyellues and portions of St Landry parishes. Half of Moreauvllle is already under water and the Choupique and Bayou Jacques regions will soon be flood swept. Then the waters will work down into other parts of St Landry and as the swamps and small water courses are already full to over flowing, the flood will form a junction with the water from the crevasses in the west bank of the Atchafalaya and drive back water into Melville. The sections of Avoyelles affected are so thickly populated that the coun try looks like a continuous string of villages. Heavy loss of life is feared throughout this region as all flood warnings have been ignored. Fifty per cent of the sugar crop will be lost. GERMAN SQUADRON CKational News Association) WASHINGTON. D. C Maq 9. Navy department officials and officers of the navy in this vicinity are awaiting with much interest the coming visit of the German naval squadron. According to the latest despatches from Berlin the squadron will sail tomorrow and will reach Hampton Roads, their first objective point, the last week of this month. While the vessels are anchored in the Roads the officers ind men will visit Washington. Mt. Vernon and Annapolis. After leaving Hampton Roads the officers and men win visit New York, Newport and possibly Boston and the New England coast The nr.aHrnn is to be co-noosed tT th ! armored cruiser Moltke, the protected I cruiser Bremen and one of the modern I turbine cruisers.

Mobs of Men, Women and Boys Parade trie Streets, Threatening Men Working in Collieries.

STATE TROOPS ARE HELD IN READINESS Presence of Constabulary in Towns Where Conditions Are Quiet Has Made the Miners Restless. (National Nwa Association) WILKESBARE. Pa.. May . A mob of one thousand men, women and boys, all armed with clubs and stones, gathered at the Payne colliery today and threatened the pumpmen, firemen and repair men if they did not quit work, although they are allowed to remain by the union regulations. The mob seized John Haddock, a fireman who refused to quit work, and he was badly beaten before he was rescued. A hurried call was sent for state troopers, but before they arrived the mob had dispersed. Before doing so. how ever, the leaders told all the men at work that they must not return to the mines tomorrow. State troops are today scattered ov er the entire anthracite field. They are all heavily armed. Their presence is not expected to keep the miners orderly, however, and their appearance in towns where conditions are quiet serv ed to make the miners restive. The miners declare the operators are back of all the riots, and they state the companies are determined to get the state militia into service, purposely to get the protection they want to operate collieries with non union men. Mine leaders are today sending their organisers into the riot districts to urge the men to keep the peace. TAKING PRECAUTION. SHAMOKIK. Pa, May As a pre caution against violence the Philadel phia 4V Reading railroad today laid elf two hundred repair men who were employed in their eolleries near here. Although the men were allowed to remain at work under anion rules the presence of firemen and repairmen In other parts of the anthracite field has so infuriated the foreign miners that violence followed. The railroad company desired to take no such chance. RIOTS BREAK OUT. SCRANTON. Pa-. May 9. Rlotin among the striking coal miners broke out anew today in the northern part of this city when a mob of 5,000 men. women and boys attacked two firemen on their way to work in the Legget's Creek mine. The men were knocked down and beaten with clubs and stones by the mob. When rescued thsy were In a serious condition. At the Van Voris mine a crowd . dragged a teamster from a coal wagon. He was hit in the head with a stone. Police who were rushed to the scene made ten arrests and disbursed the mob. STEEL TRUST CAII BURIHTS PAPERS U. S. Court Denies Government Suit to Enjoin Evidence Destruction. (National News Association) " TRENTON. N. J, May 9 Judge Gray, Bufflngton and McPherson In the United States district court here today denied an injunction, except as to the American Steel & Wire company, to restrain the United States Steel corporation and Its subsidiary corporations from destroying books and papers needed as evidence. In the suit of the government to dissolve the steel trust. The opinion says no proof was shown of the Intention of the defendant to destroy books or papers. The court mentioned the destruction by officers of the steel and Wire company of papers used in evidence in the suit against that company after the papers had been used and returned, but says there was no evil intent in the act. The government Is given permission to renew the appeal for the Injunction If deemed necessary or desirable. SON OF PROMINENT FAMILY A RUNAWAY Donald Armstrong, aged If, well dressed, and the son of a prominent paper manufacturer of Hamilton, Ohio, does not like to go to school. He left home Sunday and has since that time boarded wth a family named Frazier. on the west side. Last night they told him he had better return to his home, but he went down town and was picked np by Officer Reddlnghans at Third and North D streets at 1:S0 this morning. He is being held until his parents are heard from In regard to his .disposition.

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